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1. To which icon is it not allowed to put candles for the repose of the deceased?
Correct answer: №5Correct!Educational materials: Icon – a window into another worldComment:Gospel of Luke (20:38): "For He is not the God of the dead but of the living, for all live to Him."
Traditionally, candles for the repose of the dead are placed at the table with the Crucifixion, which is called the " kanun" (tetrapod table).
As for icons, nothing prevents a person from addressing a saint with a petition to pray to God for a deceased person. The Church is a community of the living and the deceased, so one can pray for the health and the repose of the deceased in front of any icon.
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